The Manitoba Provincial Team program won the 6th annual Prairie Cup today in Brandon with an overall 9 and 3 record over Team Saskatchewan. A total of 12 games were played at the Brandon University Healthy Living Centre at the 18U, 17U and 15U age levels.
The Manitoba female teams now prepare for the Mill City Invitational in Minneapolis, MN on July 5-8 and the male Toba teams head to the Summer Slam in Sioux Falls, SD on July 7-10.
A big thank you to our friends from Saskatchewan for meeting our teams in Brandon today and to Coach James Bambury and the Brandon Bobcats Women’s Basketball program for hosting us all day! THANK YOU!
The Brandon University Healthy Living Centre will play host to the 6th annual 'Prairie Cup' series of basketball games for the first time since 2019 between Manitoba and Saskatchewan's 15U, 17U and 18U provincial teams. The event is slated for Sunday, July 3 at the Brandon University Healthy Living Centre located at 2010 Louise Ave on the Brandon University Campus with games occurring between the province's top 15 to 18-year-old players.
A total of 12 games will be played as part of a series of exhibition contests in preparation for the 15U & 17U Canada Basketball National Championships in Alberta (male) and Quebec (female) later this August with the 18U teams heading to the 2022 Canada Summer Games in Niagra Falls, ON.
This event marks the 6th time Basketball Manitoba and Basketball Saskatchewan will send their best to play a series of exhibition games in Brandon.
Here's the complete list of games to be played at the HLC on July 3 (map below)
- 9:30 am
- Court 1 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 15U Female
- Court 2 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 15U Male
- 11:00 am
- Court 1 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 17U Female
- Court 2 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 17U Male
- 12:30 pm
- Court 1 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 18U Female
- Court 2 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 18U Male
- 2:00 pm
- Court 1 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 15U Male
- Court 2 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 15U Female
- 3:30 pm
- Court 1 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 17U Male
- Court 2 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 17U Female
- 5:00 pm
- Court 1 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 18U Male
- Court 2 - Manitoba vs Saskatchewan - 18U Female